Improvement in wool-packing devices



W. A. DAVIS, WOOL PAOKING DEVICE.

No. 37,810. Patented Mar. 3, 1863.

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WILLIAM A. DAVIS, OF SALEM, OHIO.

IMPROVEMENT IN WOOL-PACKING DEVICES.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 37,8l0, dated March 3,1863.

To all whom/it may concern:

Be it known that'l, WILLIAM A. DAVIS, of Salem, in the countyofColumbiana and State of Ohio, have invented a new and Improved Machinefor Packing Wool; and 'I-do hereby declare that the following is a full,clear, and

"exact description of the same, reference being spondingpartsin theseveral figures.

Thisinventicn relates to anew and improved machine for packing wool inthe fleece; audit consists in the employment or use of a table providedwith folding sides arranged in such a manner that they may be adji'istedwith the greatest facility in order to place the wool properly on thepacking-strap.

The invention also consists in a novel arrangement of the cords by whichthe wool is bound, in order to facilitate the adjusting and tying of thesame around the wool when packed; and theinvention'further consists inan improvement in the packing-strap, the con struction of the same, andthe manner in which it is applied to the working parts.

To enable those skilled in the art to fully understand and construct myinvention, I will proceed to describe it.

A represents a framing, which may be con strncted in any proper way tosupport the working parts; and B is a horizontal platform, which isplaced in the framing, and has attached to it a box, 0, which containsspools a, on which the binding-cord b is wound. Some distance-above theplatform B there is another platform, D, which is parallel with B. Theplatform D is provided with two side pieces, E E, which are attached toit by hinges c. To the outer side of each of these side pieces E thereattached two bars, F F, which when the-side pieces, E, are in an uprightposition, extend down nearly to the platform B, and bear againstshoulders at near the ends of bars G G, which are pivoted at theircenters to the platform B, as shown clearly in Fig. 3.

The bars G G are connected atone end by a rod, H, and one of said bars,G has a short rod, I, attached to i t-, said rod being also connected toa crank, e, on. a shaft, J, one endof which is provided with anothercrank, f, at

right angles to crank e. The crank f is connected by a rod,'g, to alever, h, which is attached to one side of the framing A and the rod 1.has a spiral spring, '6, upon it, oneend of which bears against the barGfiand .the otherjend againsta stop or hearing, j, on,the platform B.(See Figs. 1 and 3.) Thespiral "spring 5 .has a tendency to keep theends of the bars G G in contact with the lowerends of the bars EF, andthe latter, in consequence of bearing against the shoulders d of thebars GG, serve to prevent the side pieces,' E E, from moving outwardfrom a vertical position, as will be understood by referring to Figs. 2and 3.

J is a treadle or lever, which is placed in the lower part of theframing A,;and1has a cross-bar, k, attached to one end of it, saidcross-bar being connected at its ends bystrap's llto two of the bars FF, one of each side piece, E. At one end of the framingie just,

above the platform D, there is aroller, K, the shaft m of which has aratchet,L, at one end of it, and into this ratchet a pawl, M, catchesthe latter, being over the lever-h, as shown in Fig. 1. The roller K hasa groove, it, made longitudinally in it, and a hook, s, is drivencentrally in the roller adjoining the groove 11,

as shown in Fig. 4.

N represents an upright plate, which is attached to the front end of theplatform 1).

This plate has three upright spikes or teeth, t't t, in its upper edge,and at the innerside of the plate N there is a curved plate, 0, which isshown in Fig. l.

P is a strap, which maybe of leather. This strap is equal in width tothe platform I), and it has longitudinal slots u made in it, the slotsextending nearly the whole length of the belt. One end of this strap isattached to the roller K, and this end has a wire or rod, e, fitted init, which rod is placed in the groove n of the roller, the hook spassing through a hole in the strap and around the rod- 1). The oppositeend of the strap P is attached to the plat form D at the lower end ofthe plate 0.

The operation is as follows: The side pieces, E E are, turned outwardfrom avertical posi tion, so as to be in the same horizontal plane isdetached from the rolier K, and the strapv spread out on the platform B,so that the wool may be placed upon it. The cords b of the spools a, onealso passed through holes in the platform B,and are titted in slots inthe upper ends of the spikes or teeth I The operator then forces downthe trcadlc or lever J, and in consequence of the latter being connectedby thefistraps It to a bar, F, of each sidepiece, E, the latter will beraised to a vertical position'and all the wool thrown upon the strap1,tl'e.side pieces, E, being heldin proper position by the shoulders onthe bars G (J, as previously described. The operator then grasps thedisengaged or free end of the strap 1, and draws it over the wool andconnects it to the roller K, the spikes or teeth t passing through theslots in the strap. The roller K is then turned by means of a crank, Q,and

the strap I wound upon the roller K, the wool being thereby compressedinto a roll. \Vhen this is accomplished, the operator ties the roll bymeans of the cords b, and then re leases the pawl M from the ratchet bypress ing down the lever 11. This movement of the* lever h also movesthe'bars G G, so that the lower ends of the bars 13 F will be free fromthe shoulders 17 ot' the bars G G, and the side pieces, E E, can then beturned outward and downward to a horizontal position, the bars F comingin contact with the under surface of the platform D, and servingto holdthe side pieces, E E, in a proper horizontal position. The strap P isthen detached from the roller K, the compressed and bound bale or rollof wool removed, the cords b adjusted to the spikes or teeth t, the woolplaced on the platform 1), the side pieces, E E, raised to a verticalposition by forcing down the treadle 0r lever J, the strap P attached tothe roller K, and the latter turned as before in order 'to compress thewool within it.

1 would remark that the spools a may each have a spring, a bearing uponit to prevent them from turning casually.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Leters Patent, is-

1. The hinged sidepieces, E E, of the platform 1), provided with thebarsF and used in connection with the bars G G, or their equivalents, toserve as stops for the bars F to retain the side pieces in a verticalposition, as set forth.

2. The arrangement of the bars G G, connecting rod H,'spring 1', rod I,crank-shaft J, and levers h J, substantially as shown, for the purposeof raising the side pieces, E E, to a vertical position andreleasing-the same so that they may be turned down to a horizontalposition, as herein described.

The cords I), placed on'the spools a, in connection with the spikes orteeth t, when said parts arensed in connection with the slottedpacking-strap P, as and for the purpose specitied. a

t. Thepacking-strap P, attached at one end 'to the platform D, incombination with the roller K and bearing-plateO, as and for the purposeherein, set' forth.

WILLIAM A. DAVIS.

